A recent report conducted by the HSE into agricultural tractor and trailer brake safety identified that 90% of the trailers tested failed to meet the statutory brake specifications. Trailers and trailed equipment are essential elements of many farms and rural businesses, from grain trailers to beaters...
Farming is a complex working environment where the use of heavy machinery is the norm and time is often in short supply. Large pieces of equipment, livestock, and dangerous machinery all make the agricultural industry a very dangerous environment....
Whether you are a director of a farm trading company, a partner in a farming operation or a trustee of a farm managed in hand, you are obliged – under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – to ensure that you have an...
